Intermediate - The DVD Vendor (C0600)

A:最近有什么新碟?
What new DVDs have you gotten in recently?
Zuìjìn yǒu shénme xīn dié?
B:这些都是新的。好莱坞的、香港的、韩国的、国产的,都有。你喜欢看什么?
These are all new ones. Hollywood, Hong Kong, Korean, local ones--I've got them all. What do you like to watch?
Zhèxiē dōu shì xīn de. Hǎoláiwù de, Xiānggǎng de, Hánguó de, guóchǎn de, dōu yǒu. Nǐ xǐhuan kàn shénme?
A:都可以。哪些卖得比较好?
Anything is fine. Which ones do you sell a lot of?
Dōu kěyǐ. Nǎxiē mài de bǐjiào hǎo?
B:这几部不错,全是大明星演的。
These few here are all pretty good. They all have big movie stars in them.
Zhè jǐ bù bùcuò, quán shì dà míngxīng yǎn de.
A:质量怎么样?
How about the quality?
Zhìliàng zěnmeyàng?
B:肯定清楚。你也不看看这是什么货,全是D9的。
They're definitely clear. Didn't you see what kind of goods these are? They are all DVD nines.
Kěndìng qīngchu. Nǐ yě bù kàn kan shì shénme huò, quán shì D jiǔ de.
A:噢。你这里电视剧也很多。是压缩碟吗?
Oh. You also have a lot of television series here. Are they the compressed versions?
ō. Nǐ zhèlǐ diànshìjù yě hěn duō. Shì yāsuō dié ma?
B:是啊。全是最新季的。
Yeah. They are all the latest seasons.
Shì a. Quán shì zuì xīn jì de.
A:你的碟比别人都多,而且还挺新的。是从哪里进货的?
You have more DVDs than other people do, plus they're all pretty new. Where do you get your stock from?
Nǐ de dié bǐ biérén dōu duō, érqiě hái tǐng xīn de. Shì cóng nǎli jìnhuò de?
B:啊?这个……哎,你买不买?
Huh? Um... er... Hey, do you want to buy it or not?
ǎ? Zhège...... āi, nǐ mǎi bu mǎi?
A:你别急嘛,让我慢慢挑。那些是什么?拿给我看看。
Don't rush me, let me take my time and look. What are those? Give them to me to have a look at.
Nǐ bié jí ma, ràng wǒ mànmàn tiāo. Nàxiē shì shénme? Ná gěi wǒ kàn kan.
B:都一样,没什么好看的。
They're all the same. None of them are any good.
Dōu yīyàng, méi shénme hǎokàn de.
A:让你拿来就拿来。小心我到公安局告你,把你这些碟都没收了。别以为我不知道你卖的是盗版碟。
If I want you to bring them over, just bring them over. Be careful or I'll go report you to the police, and they'll confiscate all your DVDs. Don't think I don't know that what you're selling is all pirated.
Ràng nǐ nálái jiù nálái. Xiǎoxīn wǒ dào gōng'ānjú gào nǐ, bǎ nǐ zhèxiē dié dōu mòshōu le. Bié yǐwéi wǒ bù zhīdào nǐ mài de shì dàobǎn dié.
B:笑话!大家都在卖,干吗只抓我?
What a joke! Everyone is selling the same thing, as if they would just arrest me.
Xiàohuà! Dàjiā dōu zài mài, gànmá zhǐ zhuā wǒ?
A:还说?
Oh, you think?
Hái shuō?
B:哎,大哥,别,别,别,千万别。您要哪些,我送给您。
Hey, brother... don't, don't, don't... by all means, don't. Whatever you want, I'll give them to you.
āi, dàgē, bié, bié, bié, qiānwàn bié. Nín yào nǎxiē, wǒ sònggěi nín.
A:这还差不多。
That's more like it.
Zhè hái chàbuduō.

Key Vocabulary

diéDVD
国产guóchǎndomestically produced
yǎnto act
电视剧diànshìjùtelevision drama
压缩yāsuōto compress
season
进货jìnhuòto stock
tiāoto choose
gàoto report
没收mòshōuto confiscate
以为yǐwéito think mistakenly
盗版dàobǎnpirated
干吗gànmáwhatever for
千万qiānwànabsolutely

Supplementary Vocabulary

小贩xiǎofànvendor
小摊xiǎotānvendor's stall
正版zhèngbǎnlegal
多管闲事duō guǎn xiánshìto meddle
讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjiàto bargain